Question / Help Unable to record

gshantz

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I'm totally new to this whole program and concept, but feel I am fairly technically able. My whole objective is to record a streaming video on line to a file. I tried to use the web address directly, but after many errors I gave up and tried to just record an open window. I can get the video to show and play in the OBS program, I just cant use the "Record" feature. I always get this error message: "Note: If you are using the NVENC or AMD encoders, make sure your video drivers are up to date." My video drivers ARE up to date, so I don't know what NVENC or AMD encoders are. I am attaching the most recent log. Hopefully someone can explain to me what I need or to do.

I appreciate any help,
GS
P.S. I tried to attach the log file and it said I needed some kind of "prefix", so I'm dumping the text here:
20:32:53.501: CPU Name: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
20:32:53.502: CPU Speed: 3500MHz
20:32:53.502: Physical Cores: 4, Logical Cores: 8
20:32:53.502: Physical Memory: 16252MB Total, 11494MB Free
20:32:53.502: Windows Version: 6.1 Build 7601 (revision: 24358; 64-bit)
20:32:53.502: Running as administrator: false
20:32:53.502: Aero is Enabled
20:32:53.503: Current Date/Time: 2019-04-25, 20:32:53
20:32:53.503: Browser Hardware Acceleration: false
20:32:53.503: Portable mode: false
20:32:53.759: OBS 23.1.0 (64-bit, windows)
20:32:53.759: ---------------------------------
20:32:53.759: ---------------------------------
20:32:53.759: audio settings reset:
20:32:53.759: samples per sec: 44100
20:32:53.759: speakers: 2
20:32:53.781: ---------------------------------
20:32:53.781: Initializing D3D11...
20:32:53.781: Available Video Adapters:
20:32:53.784: Adapter 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
20:32:53.784: Dedicated VRAM: 2095054848
20:32:53.784: Shared VRAM: 2147364864
20:32:53.784: output 1: pos={0, 0}, size={1920, 1080}, attached=true
20:32:53.784: output 2: pos={1920, 0}, size={1024, 768}, attached=true
20:32:53.784: Adapter 2: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
20:32:53.784: Dedicated VRAM: 201326592
20:32:53.784: Shared VRAM: 1711276032
20:32:53.790: Loading up D3D11 on adapter NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti (0)
20:32:53.929: D3D11 loaded successfully, feature level used: 45056
20:32:54.635: ---------------------------------
20:32:54.635: video settings reset:
20:32:54.635: base resolution: 1920x1080
20:32:54.635: output resolution: 1920x1080
20:32:54.635: downscale filter: Bicubic
20:32:54.635: fps: 60/1
20:32:54.635: format: NV12
20:32:54.635: YUV mode: 601/Partial
20:32:54.636: NV12 texture support not available
20:32:54.637: Audio monitoring device:
20:32:54.637: name: Default
20:32:54.637: id: default
20:32:54.637: ---------------------------------
20:32:54.707: [CoreAudio encoder]: CoreAudio AAC encoder not installed on the system or couldn't be loaded
20:32:54.727: Failed to load 'en-US' text for module: 'decklink-ouput-ui.dll'
20:32:54.885: [AMF] AMF Test failed due to one or more errors.
20:32:54.885: Failed to initialize module 'enc-amf.dll'
20:32:55.162: Module '../../obs-plugins/64bit/libEGL.dll' not loaded
20:32:55.322: [obs-browser]: Version 2.3.1
20:32:55.465: LoadLibrary failed for 'nvEncodeAPI64.dll': The specified module could not be found.
20:32:55.465: (126)
20:32:55.814: Couldn't find VLC installation, VLC video source disabled
20:32:55.854: No blackmagic support
20:32:56.001: ---------------------------------
20:32:56.001: Loaded Modules:
20:32:56.001: win-wasapi.dll
20:32:56.001: win-mf.dll
20:32:56.001: win-ivcam.dll
20:32:56.001: win-dshow.dll
20:32:56.001: win-decklink.dll
20:32:56.001: win-capture.dll
20:32:56.001: vlc-video.dll
20:32:56.001: text-freetype2.dll
20:32:56.001: rtmp-services.dll
20:32:56.001: obs-x264.dll
20:32:56.001: obs-vst.dll
20:32:56.001: obs-transitions.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-text.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-qsv11.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-outputs.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-filters.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-ffmpeg.dll
20:32:56.002: obs-browser.dll
20:32:56.002: image-source.dll
20:32:56.002: frontend-tools.dll
20:32:56.002: enc-amf.dll
20:32:56.002: decklink-ouput-ui.dll
20:32:56.002: coreaudio-encoder.dll
20:32:56.002: ---------------------------------
20:32:56.002: ==== Startup complete ===============================================
20:32:56.003: All scene data cleared
20:32:56.003: ------------------------------------------------
20:32:56.035: WASAPI: Device 'Speakers (3- Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
20:32:56.067: WASAPI: Device 'Line In (3- Realtek High Definition Audio)' initialized
20:32:56.067: [window-capture: 'Window Capture'] update settings:
20:32:56.067: executable: firefox.exe
20:32:56.068: Switched to scene 'Scene'
20:32:56.068: ------------------------------------------------
20:32:56.068: Loaded scenes:
20:32:56.068: - scene 'Scene':
20:32:56.068: - source: 'Window Capture' (window_capture)
20:32:56.068: ------------------------------------------------
20:32:56.087: adding 46 milliseconds of audio buffering, total audio buffering is now 46 milliseconds (source: Desktop Audio)
20:32:56.087:
20:33:32.950: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] settings:
20:33:32.950: rate_control: ICQ
20:33:32.950: ICQ Quality: 23
20:33:32.950: fps_num: 60
20:33:32.950: fps_den: 1
20:33:32.950: width: 1920
20:33:32.950: height: 1080
20:33:32.950: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] debug info:
20:33:33.230: [qsv encoder: 'msdk_impl'] Unsupported configurations, parameters, or features (MFX_ERR_UNSUPPORTED)
20:33:33.230: [qsv encoder: 'simple_h264_recording'] qsv failed to load
20:33:33.230: major: 1
20:33:33.230: minor: 0
20:33:33.230: interval: 8
20:33:33.230: GopPictSize: 180
20:33:33.230: g_pts2dtsShift: 4
 
A couple of things...

Your video card doesn't support NVENC. It's just too old. That's not an option you have available for an encoder.

Also, currently the QuickSync drivers are broken for encoding. You need to roll back to a driver set prior to Nov 2018. Yay....

You *should* be able to encode just fine using x264 though, just as long as your CPU preset isn't set too slow (when in doubt, just stick to "veryfast"). You may need to change the output resolution to something lower like 1280x720 though -- the 4770 isn't really cut out for 1080p60 x264 encoding.
 
A couple of things...

Your video card doesn't support NVENC. It's just too old. That's not an option you have available for an encoder.

Also, currently the QuickSync drivers are broken for encoding. You need to roll back to a driver set prior to Nov 2018. Yay....

You *should* be able to encode just fine using x264 though, just as long as your CPU preset isn't set too slow (when in doubt, just stick to "veryfast"). You may need to change the output resolution to something lower like 1280x720 though -- the 4770 isn't really cut out for 1080p60 x264 encoding.
Short of replacing the video card, I don't know what NVENC means. Probably immaterial at this point. Where are the "'QuickSync" drivers? Is that for the video card? (They are up to date now.) I changed the setting in the OBS program to 1280x720 for copying, but it didn't make a difference.
I went into the CMOS to look for any settings that might relate to your comment on being set too slow, but didn't see anything that I was comfortable changing.

I appreciate your response, but may have to wait until I can afford a new video card to enable video recording.
GS
 
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